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By ANIL DHIR In the aftermath of the Jammu and Kashmir action by the Centre, the internet and the newspapers are agog with the story of Biju Babu having done the first landing during the 27th October 1947 invasion of Kashmir, and how he…

BY NIRBHAY KUMAR New Delhi: With government committed to bringing the electric vehicle (EV) revolution to India in the next few years, the industry expectations from the Union Budget 2019-20 run high. Among the key demands are…

By Charudutta Panigrahi* Progress lies not in enhancing what is, But in advancing toward what will be – Khalil Gibran We as a state, are fast approaching our centenary and in 2036 we should be celebrating “nothing like Odisha”. The…

By Anil Dhir* It was not sheer apathy; rather it was an intelligent disinterest in the affairs of the State. The enormity of the fore-coming doom was just not comprehended by the officials. A stark example of the lack of empathy is an…

By SK Padhi* The Constitutional Bench (five Judges) judgment of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of State of West Bengal and others Vs. Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal and others, reported in…

By Rahul Vatsa The significance that North India had in the BJP's 2014 general election strategy, probably it will be what East India will be in the 2019 general election. And while Varanasi was the epicenter of 2014 general election, it…

By Krittika Satpathy Dhanu Jatra, the biggest festival of Bargarh has attained a global recognition. It is the world's largest open-air theatre, spread across a 6 km radius area around Bargarh town and Ambapali village. Not only the…

By Abhishek Tripathy* The Odisha World Cup Hockey 2018 has begun with a bang. A sustained marketing blitzkrieg culminated in a spectacular opening ceremony. Athletes, actors, artistes, musicians, dancers, Bollywood and importantly, the…

There are some burning issues in this country in the political scenario i.e. (i) Whether Mr. Modi and Mr. Amit Shah duo will come back to power in 2019; (ii) Whether Mr. Modi’s magic wand will vanish and BJP will be a depleted…

By Anil Dhir Bhubaneswar: An elephant has been finally been called in. This should have happened at the first instance; in fact, elephants should have been in place even before the big cats arrived. The forest officials were aware that…